We're getting into the hardlist now, and for the record, the next batch if we stick to the plan is this:

27. Monty Python and the Holy Grail28. Spaceballs29. Back to the Future30. Back to the Future 231. Back to the Future 332. Night of the Living Dead 33. 28 Days Later34. The Iron Giant35. Ghostbusters36. The Princess Bride37. Office Space38. Tron39. RoboCop40. The Terminator41. Terminator 2: Judgement Day42. Serenity43. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy44. Ferris Bueller's Day Off45. Army of Darkness46. Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Followed by this:

7. They Live8. Big Trouble In Little China9. Fellowship of The Ring10. Alien11. Aliens12. Predator13. Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan14. Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home (Yes, that's the whale one)15. Gremlins 216. The Goonies17. The Avengers18. Guardians of The Galaxy19. The Dark Knight20. Logan21. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots22. Conan the Barbarian (1982)23. The Matrix24. UHF25. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark26. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

So I'm going to ask a question.

Do you guys want me to continue my chaff/wheat into the hardlist, or should I give the remaining 46 entries an automatic pass into the next round?

I'm cool either way, because after all, there can only be one in the end. But I understand if you guys don't want this much pain this soon.

Automatic pass; while these will get whittled down in time regardless, cutting them in half on the top-end would just put them up against the more scattershot backend, which would give that back end an even harder time clawing its way up against everything that was "good enough" to just hit the list to begin with. Or something like that. Regardless, I think it would be more interesting passing the hardlist in as is.

1. Yes, run 'em through the reaper 72. No, spare the remaining 46 and go straight into round 2 4

IT'S TIME TO BLEED

27. Monty Python and the Holy Grail28. Spaceballs29. Back to the Future30. Back to the Future 231. Back to the Future 332. Night of the Living Dead 33. 28 Days Later34. The Iron Giant35. Ghostbusters36. The Princess Bride37. Office Space38. Tron39. RoboCop40. The Terminator41. Terminator 2: Judgement Day42. Serenity43. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy44. Ferris Bueller's Day Off45. Army of Darkness46. Tucker and Dale vs Evil

27. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1428. Spaceballs 1129. Back to the Future 1130. Back to the Future 2 531. Back to the Future 3 232. Night of the Living Dead 433. 28 Days Later 234. The Iron Giant 935. Ghostbusters 1136. The Princess Bride 1437. Office Space 638. Tron 1139. RoboCop 1140. The Terminator 441. Terminator 2: Judgement Day 942. Serenity 243. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 344. Ferris Bueller's Day Off 545. Army of Darkness 846. Tucker and Dale vs Evil 3

Next up:

7. They Live8. Big Trouble In Little China9. Fellowship of The Ring10. Alien11. Aliens12. Predator13. Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan14. Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home (Yes, that's the whale one)15. Gremlins 216. The Goonies17. The Avengers18. Guardians of The Galaxy19. The Dark Knight20. Logan21. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots22. Conan the Barbarian (1982)23. The Matrix24. UHF25. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark26. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade